Art Forms Youth Arts Studios
126 James St N, Hamilton, ON L8R 2K7
Contact: 905 978-3676
Description: Art Forms is a youth arts organization designed to provide art-making opportunities to youth who are “on the fringe.” We believe in the transformative power of the arts, especially for marginalized groups. Our space on James Street North is perfectly poised to attract a wide variety of groups since we are located in the heart of Hamilton’s art district, which also houses a handful of youth services. Art Forms has one staff, a steering committee who provides governance, and several community and program partners who contribute in different ways.
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Culture for Kids in the Arts
www.ckarts.ca
126 James St N, Hamilton, ON L8R 2K7
Contact:905 528-4020, arts@ckarts.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CultureForKidsInTheArts , Twitter: https://twitter.com/HamCKA , Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ckarts.hamilton/
Description: Our programs have been designed to engage and inspire all children and youth, from early infancy through young adulthood. For this reason, we offer innovative programs and work closely with community agencies. These partnerships allow us to expand our reach, bringing arts into the greater community and more importantly — to remove the economic, social, and regional barriers that can prevent young people from participating in the arts.
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Hamilton Regional Indian Centre
http://www.hric.ca/
34 Ottawa St N, Hamilton, ON L8H 3Y7
Contact: 905 528-4020, adavis@hric.ca
Description: Est. 1972, a group of Aboriginal people established a temporary cultural centre, housed on Park St. South. The people felt there was a great need for a “Gathering Place” in the Hamilton community. The Factory collaborated with the centre in the Traditional Recipes: Food and Filmmaking program: https://www.factorymediacentre.ca/traditional-recipes-food-filmmaking-project/
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Hamilton Youth Poets
http://www.hamiltonyouthpoets.org/
126 James Street N Hamilton, ON L8R 2K7
Contact: 289 230-3333, hamiltonyouthpoets@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HamiltonYouthPoets/ , Twitter: https://twitter.com/HYP_SLAM , YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQAp7qWvkGcXhf8c-KSyMPQ
Description: HYP has evolved into an arts organization that engages Hamilton youth in the act of telling their own stories through spoken word, verse, multimedia, poetry slam, and new age journalism. This year-round work is then celebrated every spring in an awe inspiring culmination of our annual festival, Louder Than A Bomb Canada: Youth Poetry Festival (LTABC).
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Living Rock Ministries
http://www.livingrock.ca/index.htm
30 Wilson St. Hamilton, ON L8R 1C5
Contact: 905 528-ROCK (7625), mail@livingrock.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Living-Rock-Youth-Centre-152850098091089/ , Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivingRockHamON , YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/LivingRockHamilton
Description: Non-profit organization. “Offers youth-at-risk a place of belonging, safety and a bridge to the community, while supporting youth to develop a personal vision for their lives.” Factory Media has held programs for youth at Living Rock, namely the Reel Streetz Media Camp: https://www.factorymediacentre.ca/reel-streetz-media-camp/
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Notre Dame House
https://www.goodshepherdcentres.ca/notre-dame-house
14 Cannon Street W Hamilton, ON
Contact: 905 308-8090
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodshepherdhamilton , Twitter: https://twitter.com/goodshepherdham
Description: Good Shepherd Notre Dame is committed to helping youth who are street-involved or homeless due to family violence, conflict, abuse, neglect, poverty and exposure to mental health and addiction issues. Previously worked with Factory Media Centre in Reel Streetz program: https://www.factorymediacentre.ca/reel-streetz-media-camp/
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NU-Links (Centre 3)
https://www.facebook.com/centre3/photos/a.126131137465982.31981.126079387471157/1747271248685288/?type=3&theater
126 James Street N Hamilton, ON L8R 2K7
Contact:905 524-5084 , programming@centre3.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/centre3 , Twitter: https://twitter.com/centre3 , Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/centre3_/
Description: [Nu] Links provides free art classes and workshops for immigrants and newcomers to build community connections through creative exploration, Youth programs ages 15 years+. Free registration and materials. Bus tickets available. Includes a Print your own t shirts class, learn the craft of screen printing, photography and journalism, and explorations in drawing with pencil and charcoal.
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RE-create Art Studios/Shalem Network
http://shalemnetwork.org/support-programs/re-create/
173 James St N, Hamilton, ON L8R 2K9
Contact:(905) 528-0353 , programming@centre3.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReCreateStudio/ , Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShalemMHN , Tumblr: http://recreatestudio.tumblr.com/
Description: RE-create is an open arts studio in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, where street-involved youth can begin to reconnect to themselves, others, and their community through the creative arts while gaining valuable life and work skills. From painting to poetry, performance art, photography and other multimedia projects, RE-create offers an opportunity for street-involved youth to try a variety of art forms under the guidance of local established artists and members of the wider arts community.